                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOUNDARY WITH MARYLAND IN UPPER REACHES OF POCOMOKE SOUND AND LOWER REACHES OF
POCOMOKE RIVER (§ 1-310)

A. The boundary line between the Commonwealth and Maryland in the previously
undescribed portion of the Maryland-Virginia line in the upper reaches of the
Pocomoke sound and lower reaches of the Pocomoke River shall be and remain as
follows:
			Beginning at a point which is corner D defined by latitude
37&#xB0;56&#8217;28.00&#8243; and longitude 75&#xB0;45&#8217;43.56&#8243;; which
is the last point on the Maryland-Virginia line that was defined by the
&#8220;joint report of engineers on relocating and remarking Maryland-Virginia
boundary line across Tangier and Pocomoke sounds December 1916&#8243;; thence
running N 73&#xB0;34&#8217;31.9&#8243; E about 17,125.11 feet to corner H a
point defined by latitude 37&#xB0;57&#8217;115.82&#8243; and longitude
75&#xB0;42&#8217;18.48&#8243;; thence running N 85&#xB0;39&#8217;33.9&#8243; E
about 3,785.82 feet to corner J a point defined by latitude
37&#xB0;57&#8217;18.65&#8243; and longitude 75&#xB0;41&#8217;31.25&#8243;;
thence running S 74&#xB0;16&#8217;00.8&#8243; E about 7,278.41 feet to corner K
a point defined by latitude 37&#xB0;56&#8217;59.13&#8243; and longitude
75&#xB0;40&#8217;03.89&#8243;; thence running S 61&#xB0;57&#8217;55.7&#8243; E
about 3,664.73 feet to corner L a point defined by latitude
37&#xB0;56&#8217;42.10&#8243; and longitude 75&#xB0;39&#8217;23.51&#8243;;
thence running N 76&#xB0;15&#8217;24.5&#8243; E about 2,263.49 feet to corner M
a point defined by latitude 37&#xB0;56&#8217;47.65&#8243; and longitude
75&#xB0;38&#8217;54.85&#8243;; thence running N 00&#xB0;49&#8217;51.5&#8243; W
about 7,178.56 feet to corner N a point defined by latitude
37&#xB0;57&#8217;58.61&#8243; and longitude 75&#xB0;38&#8217;56.15&#8243;;
thence northeasterly about 3 1/2 miles following the middle thread of the
meandering Pocomoke river to corner P a point defined by latitude
37&#xB0;59&#8217;39.37&#8243; and longitude 75&#xB0;37&#8217;26.52&#8243;, which
is at or near the point of intersection with the Scarborough and Calvert
boundary line of May 28, 1668; corners N and P are connected by a line running N
35&#xB0;08&#8217;33.5&#8243; E about 12,465.32 feet; thence N
83&#xB0;45&#8217;59.9&#8243; E about 24,156.95 feet to the boundary monument
near triangulation station Davis on the Scarborough and Calvert boundary line of
May 28, 1668. Geographic positions are based on 1927 datum.

B. No vested right of any individual, partnership or corporation within the area
affected by this section shall in any wise be impaired, restricted or affected
thereby. This section shall not be retrospective in its operation nor shall it
in any way affect the rights of any individual, partnership or corporation in
any suit now pending in any of the courts of this Commonwealth or of the United
States wherein such cause of action arose over, or is in any way based upon, the
area affected. This section shall in no wise preclude the Commonwealth from
prosecuting any individual, partnership or corporation for violation of any of
the criminal laws of this Commonwealth within such area until this section shall
become effective.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 315, § 7.1-7.2; 2005, c. 839.